There is nothing normal about the Raiders franchise or its current situation. The Raiders have to uphold a commitment to create some great final memories at home while yet not officially having a place to play this season. And they don’t because they are waiting for a lease agreement to be finalized by some of the very entities that are suing them for leaving. Not normal.

They are in the middle of a rebuild while also trying to build some momentum for their scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2020. They’ve been planning to go young, build in the draft but need some players who can produce right now. In this predicament, for this franchise, something normal probably won’t do. A common blueprint doesn’t fit these circumstances.

In that light, in this predicament, Antonio Brown seems quite perfect. Complex problems call for complex solutions. And Brown, the stud receiver of Steelers fame, whom the Raiders agreed to acquire Saturday night, is a...